The 20th Annual Sportsmanship Cup will place on Saturday and Sunday December 17 and 18, 2016

INTRODUCTION

Come to a different kind of tournament - a tournament in which the prize is for good sportsmanship.
Our tournament is timed to take place before the competitive tournament season has begun. You'll
have the chance to have four close to full-length practice games, for fun, to experiment with
line-ups, with no pressure to win every game and with every team having a chance to win regardless
of goals scored or allowed. We do everything to provide balanced competition. We know
everyone will play hard but we have done this since 1997 and the players loved playing (and the
referees loved refereeing) without the pressure. Extra, All Star, tournament, select and
regular season teams are all eligible. So join us. Information on how to
register on-line is at the end of the invitation.

WHEN

Saturday and Sunday December 17 and 18, 2016

WHERE

La Cienega Park, Roxbury Park, Horace Mann School, Beverly Vista School and Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills. Other fields to be announced.

Fees must be sent promptly following on-line registration. Your check
will be cashed unless your team is immediately rejected for participation in the tournament.
Uncashed checks will be returned to the address on the checks, unless your checks bear the address
of the National headquarters, in which case you may specify the address of the region as posted on
its website or in eAYSO. If for any reason the tournament is completely rained out or
cannot be played on December 17 and 18, you are committed to playing on our rainout dates, January 7
and 8, 2017. If our rainout dates are also completely rained out or games cannot be played on those
dates, a full refund will be made. No refund for cancellation by a team unless a replacement team
is found or the election to withdraw notified not later than 30 days before tournament. See our detailed
refund policy for details.

We must emphasize that no registration will be considered complete unless we have received
payment by regional check. The deadline for receiving the check will be Friday December 9,
2016, as we will begin scheduling the tournament the following morning and a team not fully paid up
by then will not be scheduled. Contact us if you are having difficulty meeting
this deadline but unless we are 100% certain that we will receive payment, your team will lose
priority and will have to be waitlisted.

Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Since
we require you to register online, you will have a priority date based on your date of online
registration provided that payment is received within 7 days or Friday December 9, 20156
whichever comes first.

Proceeds will be used for Region 76 field improvements and to support All Star and
Tournament teams, especially players needing help to participate in traveling teams.
In addition, we may use the proceeds to support inner city AYSO programs.

REFEREES

Each team participating in the tournament must provide at least one (1) team of three (3) qualified referees. Referee teams from outside of Region 76 must be submitted online NO LATER THAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 to be considered for a full refund. The referee deposit will be completely refunded within two to three weeks after end of tournament if the referee team officiates three (3) games. Partial refunds discretionary. Please be patient as it can be difficult to get all this done over the Christmas break. More details (and information specific to Region 76 teams) can be found on our Refereeing Info page.

ROSTERS

No fee for dropping a player from your roster or changing your roster. Rosters must be
submitted by Sunday December 11, 2016. You may make changes after that date but only if the revised roster
is submitted with a Regional Commissioner signature.

Guest players are permitted (up to three). Use the guest player form, which should accompany your printed roster.

AWARDS

All the players will receive a ournament pin and all coaches will receive a T-shirt
(limit 2 per team). This is a Sportsmanship tournament. The team with the most sportsmanship
points in each division will be awarded the "Sportsmanship Trophy". We may also award
second and third place trophies in larger divisions. Come and play to have fun, tune up
and show what good sportsmanship is all about.

SCHEDULE

The tournament will begin at 8 am
on Saturday, December 17. Games may start as late as 5:00 pm. Final schedules will
be posted here - they will not be mailed. The schedules were posted on Sunday evening, December 11.

HOW TO REGISTER

Registration is now available. Registration is online only, although you
will have to mail us a regional check to complete your registration - details will be in the confirmatory email you will receive. We suggest that
you whitelist emails from "inleague@leaguemail.net" and "@ayso76.org".